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Eagle Broadband Receives High Definition Set-Top Box Order from General Dynamics Interactive & EMT for Deployment at Prestigious Ojai Valley Inn & Spa
[August 18, 2004]

Eagle Broadband Receives High Definition Set-Top Box Order from General Dynamics Interactive & EMT for Deployment at Prestigious Ojai Valley Inn & Spa

LEAGUE CITY, Texas --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 18, 2004 -- First Order for New Partnership with EMT Expands Distribution for Eagle's Industry-Leading High Definition Set-Top Box Technology in Both U.S. & International Hospitality Markets



Eagle Broadband, Inc. (AMEX:EAG), a leading provider of broadband and communications technology and services, announced today that the company has received a $210,000 order for the company's high definition, MediaPro set-top box technology for deployment with the Intrigue(R) Digital Services Delivery System at the award-winning Ojai Valley Inn & Spa in Ojai, California.

The order was placed by General Dynamics Interactive (GDI), a leading provider of interactive in-room digital entertainment and information systems for the hospitality industry. The Ojai Valley Inn project was secured in conjunction with leading GDI channel partner, Sydney-based Entertainment Media Telecoms Corporation Ltd. (EMT). The order demonstrates increasing demand among luxury hotels, resorts and casinos for Eagle's advanced set-top box technology and the high definition Intrigue(R) system.


Currently scheduled for deployment in the fourth quarter of 2004, EMT will be using Eagle's high definition Media-Pro set-top box technology with the Intrigue(R) system to deliver a range of interactive guest services including true digital, high-definition video-on-demand with DVD functionality, high-speed Internet access, an interactive television guide, electronic concierge services, on-line shopping, video checkout, and other real-time, revenue generating guest services.

Having recently completed an extensive expansion program at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa, the new system will enable the resort to deliver exciting new services that can attract more guests, maximize occupancy rates, and deliver an unmatched in-room entertainment guest experience on par with the resort's other world-class amenities.

Dave Weisman, CEO of Eagle Broadband, commented, "We are pleased that EMT has chosen to partner with Eagle Broadband and selected our high definition Media Pro set-top box technology for deployment at the world-class Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. We look forward to helping EMT deliver the most advanced, digital in-room entertainment system to provide the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa and other EMT customers with a unique competitive advantage that can maximize revenues and enhance the luxury experience for their guests."

Since 1923, vacationing guests have sought the tranquil pleasures of the historic Ojai Valley Inn & Spa located 73 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Guests come to relax and rejuvenate in an atmosphere of casual elegance and to enjoy the quiet peace of the scenic Ojai Valley. The site of seven Senior PGA tour events, the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa is a renowned resort location hailed as a "marvel of golfing architecture." Spa Ojai's twenty-eight treatment areas provide an unusual variety of therapies, programs and activities in a Spanish-style village setting.

Eagle's advanced Media Pro set-top box product line enables hotel, resort and casino owners, hospitals, apartment/condominium owners, municipalities, real estate developers and schools to deliver a range of on-demand, interactive guest services that can generate higher-margin revenues.

The Media Pro features a highly reliable, full-function computer in a compact footprint with an extremely quiet, guest-friendly, fan-less design. Either standalone or when combined with Eagle's customizable EZ-Magic middleware software, the customizable Media Pro delivers ultra high quality, high definition streaming video, improved digital audio, easier navigation of hotel and community services (i.e. concierge, local restaurants and events, etc.), advanced content and system security and support for wide variety of hardware platforms.

For additional information regarding Eagle's solutions for the hospitality industry, please call 800-628-3910 or 281-538-6000.

About Eagle Broadband

Eagle Broadband, Inc., is a leading provider of broadband and communications technology and services. The company offers an exclusive "four-play" suite of high-speed Internet, cable TV, voice and security Bundled Digital Services (BDS(SM)), HDTV-ready multimedia set-top boxes, and turnkey suite of financing, network design, deployment and operational services that enable municipalities, utilities, real estate developers, hotels, multi-tenant owners and service providers to deliver exceptional value, state-of-the-art entertainment and communications choices and single-bill convenience to their residential and business customers. The company also provides a full range of managed services including project management, integration, structured wiring, 24/7 customer service, technical support and network monitoring. Eagle also markets the Orb' Phone Exchange non-line-of-sight communications system that provides true "total" global voice and data communications services via the Iridium satellite network to government, military, homeland security, aviation, maritime and enterprise customers. The company is headquartered in League City, Texas, south of Houston, near the NASA Johnson Space Center. For more information, please visit www.eaglebroadband.com or call 281-538-6000.

About EMT Corporation

Entertainment Media & Telecoms Corporation Ltd is a telecommunications sales and marketing company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, (ASX Code: ETC). The Entertainment Media & Telecoms Corporation Ltd group has two business units, the first of which provides digital services delivery systems for the Hospitality Industry and the other is a telecommunications sales and marketing business which acts as an agent for the sale of telecommunications products and services. EMT employs 250 staff across Australia with corporate headquarters in North Sydney and interstate operations in Victoria and Queensland. Business Partners include US-based General Dynamics for multimedia systems, Extreme Networks for Ethernet infrastructure, Philips, LG and Fujitsu-Siemens for consumer-level hardware deployed across convergent project roll outs. For more information about EMT and the services we provide to the hospitality sector, please visit www.emtcorp.com.au or call 612-9954-4200.

Forward-looking statements in this release regarding Eagle Broadband, Inc., and Entertainment Media & Telecoms Corporation Ltd. are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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